Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Marine Animals and Tidal Power

Virginia Crosbie: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to provide funding to Morlais on Anglesey for research and development into the interaction of marine mammals and tidal stream turbines after the end of 2023; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing tidal steam energy in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round Five.

Graham Stuart: There are no current plans for the Government to provide funding of this kind after the end of 2023. The Morlais project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government and has received funding from the Welsh Government through the North Wales Growth Deal. The Morlais project on Anglesey secured a Contract for Difference award in Allocation Round 4. The Government is currently developing Allocation Round 5 auction parameters for all technologies, including for tidal stream, taking into account evidence from stakeholders. Full parameters will be published in the Budget Notice in March 2023.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Diplomatic Service

Ms Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK based staff from his Department worked in posts in (a) Madagascar, (b) Malawi, (c) Mali, (d) Mauritania, (e) Mauritius, (f) Mozambique, (g) Namibia, (h) Niger, (i) Nigeria, (j) Rwanda, (k) São Tomé and Príncipe, (l) Senegal, (m) Seychelles, (n) Sierra Leone, (o) Somalia, (p) South Africa, (q) South Sudan, (r) Sudan, (s) Tanzania, (t) Togo, (u) Uganda, (r) Zambia and (s) Zimbabwe in each year since 2010.

Mr Andrew Mitchell: Headcount as at 31st March 2014Headcount as at 31st March 2015Headcount as at 31st March 2016Headcount as at 31st March 2017Headcount as at 31st March 2018Headcount as at 31st March 2019Headcount as at 31st March 2020Headcount as at 31st March 2021Headcount as at 31st March 2022MadagascarFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Malawi10-1910-1910-1910-1910-1920-2910-1910-1910-19MaliFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10MauritaniaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10MauritiusFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Mozambique10-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-19NamibiaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10NigerFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Nigeria60-6950-5950-5940-4960-6960-6970-7960-6960-69Rwanda10-1920-2910-1910-1910-1910-1920-2920-2920-29São Tomé and Príncipen/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aSenegalFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 1010-1910-19SeychellesFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Sierra Leone20-2940-4920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2920-29SomaliaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 1010-1920-2920-2910-1910-1910-19South Africa40-4940-4930-3930-3920-2920-2930-3930-3920-29South Sudan10-1910-1920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2930-39Sudan20-2920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2910-1910-19Tanzania20-2920-2920-2930-3920-2930-3920-2920-2920-29Togon/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aUganda30-3910-1910-1920-2920-2920-2920-2920-2920-29Zambia10-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-1910-19Zimbabwe20-2920-2910-1920-2910-1910-1910-1920-2910-19

Africa: Diplomatic Service

Ms Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK based staff from his Department worked in posts in (a) Angola, (b) Benin, (c) Botswana, (d) Burkina Faso, (e) Burundi, (f) Cabo Verde, (g) Cameroon, (h) Central African Republic, (i) Chad, (j) Comoros, (k) the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (l) Congo, (m) Cote d'Ivoire, (n) Djibouti, (o) Equatorial Guinea, (p) Eritrea, (q) Eswatini, (r) Ethiopia, (s) Gabon, (t) Gambia, (u) Ghana, (v) Guinea, (w) Guinea-Bissau, (x) Kenya, (y) Lesotho, and (z) Liberia in each year since 2010.

Mr Andrew Mitchell: Headcount as at 31st March 2014Headcount as at 31st March 2015Headcount as at 31st March 2016Headcount as at 31st March 2017Headcount as at 31st March 2018Headcount as at 31st March 2019Headcount as at 31st March 2020Headcount as at 31st March 2021Headcount as at 31st March 2022AngolaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Beninn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aBotswanaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Burkina Fason/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aBurundin/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aCameroonFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Cape Verden/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aCentral African Republicn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aChadFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Comorosn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aCongon/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aDemocratic Republic of the Congo30-3930-3920-2930-3930-3930-3930-3930-3920-29DjiboutiFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Equatorial Guinean/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aEritreaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Eswatini/SwazilandFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Ethiopia30-3930-3930-3940-4940-4940-4940-4940-4930-39Gabonn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aThe GambiaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Ghana10-1910-1910-1920-2910-1910-1910-1920-2920-29GuineaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Guinea-Bissaun/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aIvory CoastFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Kenya70-7960-6950-5950-5960-6970-7970-7960-6950-59LesothoFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10LiberiaFewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10Fewer than 10

Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of dental training places at universities and medical colleges taken by (a) British nationals and (b) overseas students for each year since 2015.

Neil O'Brien: A table showing data from the Office for Students on the number of entrants, target intakes to dental training courses by institution and by fee type in each year from 2015/16 is attached. This shows 'home' fee status for United Kingdom domiciles and 'other' fee status for overseas students. Therefore, fee type is not an exact measure of the nationality of a student but is a close proxy.Dental training courses intake by institution (xlsx, 19.6KB)

Health: Disadvantaged

Karin Smyth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his officials and Ministers have had with their counterparts in the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the duties placed on NHS bodies to reduce inequality.

Neil O'Brien: The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department of Health and Social Care work collaboratively on areas of crosscutting policy. The Health and Care Act 2022 has placed a duty on integrated care boards to reduce inequalities in access to and outcomes from NHS services.

Surgical Mesh Implants

Emma Hardy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 13 December to Question 103061 on Surgical Mesh Implants, if he will detail the (a) source and (b) method of collection of other data used in the audit which used the identified National Health Service cohort of patients and the longitudinal record; and whether the collection of that data involved (a) contacting or (b) attempting to contact every patient who had mesh implants in 2010.

Maria Caulfield: In our previous response to Question 103061, we stated that the audit was conducted using Hospital Episode Statistics data and other data using the identified National Health Service cohort of patients. However, NHS Digital has confirmed that only Hospital Episode Statistic data was used in the audit and no other data was employed. Patients were not contacted as part of this audit. We are arranging for the record to be corrected.

Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Procurement

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, where the taxi ranks building work approved for procurement on 13 July 2022 will take place; and what the purpose of that work will be.

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, what the nature and purpose are of the activity approved for procurement in relation to (a) workplace facilities on 15 July 2022 and (b) workplace performance on 22 July 2022.

Alex Burghart: The work approved on 13 July refers to the Building Works and Projects, which will be used for the provision of building works to support a greater focus on Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) and Net Carbon Zero (NCZ) projects throughout the Government Property Agency (GPA)’s office estate in England. The term ‘taxi rank’ is used to refer to the manner in which small contracts are awarded which reflects a ‘next in line’ process.The activity approved for procurement on 15 July is for the provision of hard and soft facilities management for the GPA Estate where needed. These procurements are to appoint suppliers from multiple lots, resulting in six regionally structured contracts for the provision of these services.The activity approved for procurement on 22 July is for a company to provide a management service for our facilities management supply chain. This centralised performance management function will manage the flow of data and the performance of the supply chain on behalf of the GPA.

UK Trade with EU

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Article 210 of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by the European Union to identify ways to expand access to and use of public government information for (a) all businesses and (b) small and medium sized enterprises since that agreement came into effect.

Alex Burghart: The UK is at the forefront of a global movement centred on demonstrating the value of open data to economic growth and how this can be used effectively, creatively and responsibly. We share best practice with European and international partners including the Open Government Partnership of 77 countries, the G8 and the OECD Open Government Data project. We will assess the European Union’s latest approaches to open data and the re-use of public sector information as part of our ongoing strategy.